QMAGS Menu Bar
#1
I recently came across a PDF that had it's own internal menu bar at the top and bottom of each page.
The last button identifies it as from QMAGS. Is there any way to remove that menu bar from the PDF document?

Further searching shows a lot of free stuff (usually research papers) that come in PDF format with the QMAGS toolbar inserted into the document.
There must be a program that puts that toolbar there because it's used by a lot of teaching facilities. Anyone know about this?
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#2
If the PDF is a manageable size, you can attach an example here (or provide a link) so we can see exactly what you're referring to.
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#3
(Jul 23, 2016, 22:09 pm)workerbee Wrote: If the PDF is a manageable size, you can attach an example here (or provide a link) so we can see exactly what you're referring to.

Here's a sample magazine with the QMAGS toolbar.
h**p://hugefiles.net/d7ljyeydh2xl
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#4
I've never heard of QMAGS or seen a menu bar like that. The document is password-secured to prevent the user from copying or modifying it. One method to remove such protection is opening the PDF in Google Chrome, clicking on the Print menu and saving it under another name -- in this case, however, the menu bar still remains altho it is now rendered inactive. Alternatively, non-password-protected magazines like American Scientist, and minus the menu bar, can generally be found on websites like WorldMags (http://worldmags.net/), PDFGiant (http://pdf-giant.com/), and others of a similar ilk.

Sorry, I have no idea what program(s) create a menu bar like that in the first place.
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(Jul 23, 2016, 22:44 pm)workerbee Wrote: I've never heard of QMAGS or seen a menu bar like that.  The document is password-secured to prevent the user from copying or modifying it.  One method to remove such protection is opening the PDF in Google Chrome, clicking on the Print menu and saving it under another name -- in this case, however, the menu bar still remains altho it is now rendered inactive.  Alternatively, non-password-protected magazines like American Scientist, and minus the menu bar, can generally be found on websites like WorldMags (http://worldmags.net/), PDFGiant (http://pdf-giant.com/), and others of a similar ilk.

Sorry, I have no idea what program(s) create a menu bar like that in the first place.
Thanks for taking a look. I did remove the security protection, but still was unable to figure out how to remove the toolbar.
It's not that I can't find the magazine elsewhere. It's just that if more and more publishers move to do this, it will really ruin the PDF format.
Anyone else have some ideas about this?
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